Saturday, 22 February 2014

The new Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1860-1899 database from Ancestry comprises 282,032 records. The source is Index of Surnames from the Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada. CD-ROM. Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

This index-only collection, containing records of crew members, masters, and ship owners for vessels registered in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island is fully searchable by name, and other particulars.

The records include birth and residence, rank, voyage departure and arrival places and dates, vessel name and registration, and even wages and deaths at sea.